Founder of the Comedy Studies program at Columbia College and comedy professor Anne Libera talks comedy history, comedy theory, and why it all matters.

Michael Gerber talks about his hard-won career in comedy writing for TV, writing parody novels, and finally editing and publishing The American Bystander magazine.

Veteran stand-up comic, writer and actress Margaret Cho talks about getting started in the 80s comedy boom, her TV show, and her thoughts on writing and performing stand-up.

Stand-up comic, TV writer and actress Jen Kirkman talks about her comedy, social media, pitching TV shows, and how to weather the ups and downs of the business.

Scott talks with veteran stand-up comedian and comic actor Matt Braunger about getting started, making it in stand-up, and making it in acting.

Scott talks with Harvard Lampoon President about the nation’s oldest college humor magazine’s humor, pranks, and castle, and how to lead a band of misfit comedy writers.

Scott walks through the specific steps for writing a satirical article, essay, stand-up bit, or sketch.

Scott asks Ryan Creamer how he became the hot new thing in comedy by doing hilariously wholesome videos on Pornhub.

Scott chats with multi-Emmy-winning comedy writer and performer Merrill Markoe about breaking into TV writing, her years working with David Letterman as he was coming up, and her audiobook (co-written with Megan Koester), “The Indignities of Being a Woman.”

Host Scott Dikkers goes through the process of how to come up with a funny line and write a joke from scratch, illustrating the “How to Write Funny” system for joke creation. Get the cheatsheet at www.howtowritefunny.com/joke — for more information checkout Scott’s book, How to Write Funny